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UN report recommends: go after tax havens, and protect whistleblowers

From the United Nations General Assembly, the fifth report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order. The summary goes like this: “The report focuses...

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Beware the siren song of “tax certainty”

Back in July the G20 club of powerful countries issued a communiqué in which they enthused about “the benefits of tax certainty to promote investment and trade,” and they mandated the OECD and the IMF...

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Is tax avoidance at the heart of Ireland’s economic miracle?

Coming out of the economic crisis Ireland was one of the best performing economies, with GDP growth rates of 8.5% in 2014 and an extraordinary 26.3% in 2015. But how much of this economic activity was...

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Estimates on illicit flows to and from developing countries

Our friends at Global Financial Integrity have released their latest report on what they estimate to be the latest figures from 150 countries on illicit financial flows to and from developing countries...

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Beginning of the end for the arm’s length principle?

The European Commission has released a statement which could well signal the beginning of the end for the OECD’s international tax rules, and the arm’s length principle on which they are based. The...

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European Commission orders Luxembourg to claim back 250 million in taxes from...

There are two very welcome pieces of tax justice news today. Firstly, the European Commission has ordered the tax haven of Luxembourg to recover 250 million euros in taxes from Amazon, finding that the...

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UN report recommends: go after tax havens, and protect whistleblowers

From the United Nations General Assembly, the fifth report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order. The summary goes like this: “The report focuses...

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Beware the siren song of “tax certainty”

Back in July the G20 club of powerful countries issued a communiqué in which they enthused about “the benefits of tax certainty to promote investment and trade,” and they mandated the OECD and the IMF...

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Is tax avoidance at the heart of Ireland’s economic miracle?

Coming out of the economic crisis Ireland was one of the best performing economies, with GDP growth rates of 8.5% in 2014 and an extraordinary 26.3% in 2015. But how much of this economic activity was...

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Estimates on illicit flows to and from developing countries

Our friends at Global Financial Integrity have released their latest report on what they estimate to be the latest figures from 150 countries on illicit financial flows to and from developing countries...

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Beginning of the end for the arm’s length principle?

The European Commission has released a statement which could well signal the beginning of the end for the OECD’s international tax rules, and the arm’s length principle on which they are based. The...

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European Commission orders Luxembourg to claim back 250 million in taxes from...

There are two very welcome pieces of tax justice news today. Firstly, the European Commission has ordered the tax haven of Luxembourg to recover 250 million euros in taxes from Amazon, finding that the...

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Ten reasons why the Destination Based Cash Flow Tax is a terrible idea

This long blog will be periodically updated, in response to comments. Latest update: March 28, 2019. The international tax system for taxing multinational corporations is coming apart at the seams. We...

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The Corporate Tax Haven Index: solving the world’s broken tax system in our...

In this month’s June 2019 podcast we look at the new Corporate Tax Haven Index released by the Tax Justice Network. What does it tell us about the global economy and the international tax system? And...

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‘Terrible Transactions’: How much does mining benefit the Brazilian state?

We’re sharing here details of a study by the Instituto Justiça Fiscal (the Tax Justice Institute) in Brazil researched by economist Guilherme Spinato Morlin with coordination and advice from the...

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Taxing multinationals: a new approach

Our headline is also the title of an important new report by Public Services International, a global trade union federation, looking at the fast-changing international tax system. Co-authored by...

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Edition 11 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show:...

We’re pleased to share the eleventh edition of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. Nous sommes fiers de partager...

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Pandemic of tax injustice in Ukraine

The Ukrainian government took the pandemic as an opportunity to further shift the tax burden from the rich to the poor, while Tax Justice Network’s new illicit financial flows tool confirms the...

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